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16 September, 00:57

Magnesium has three naturally occurring isotopes (mg-24, mg-25, and mg-26). the atomic mass and natural abundance of mg-24 are 23.9850 amu and 79 %, respectively. the atomic mass and natural abundance of mg-25 are 24.9858 amu and 10 %, respectively. find the natural abundance of mg-26.

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  1. 16 September, 01:23
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    The three naturally occurring isotopes of magnesium are: Mg-24, Mg-25 and Mg-26.

    The atomic mass and natural abundance of Mg-24 and Mg-25 are 23.9850 amu, 79% and 24.9858 amu, 10% respectively.

    Let the abundance of Mg-26 be X thus, sum of natural abundance of all three isotopes will be 100 or,

    %Mg-24+%Mg-25+%Mg-26=100

    Or,

    79%+10%+X=100

    or,

    X=11%

    Therefore, natural abundance of Mg-26 is 11%.
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